AI For Humans
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AI (Artificial Intelligence) made fun. Weekly AI news, tools & demos with Kevin Pereira & Gavin Purcell. Fast Company called AI For Humans "the most entertaining way to learn about artificial intelligence." Every Friday, we break down the biggest stories in AI...new models, AI video, image generation, chatbots, agents, AI music, and more. We help you stay ahead without losing your mind. Whether you're AI-curious or deep in the game, we test the tools, explain the breakthroughs, and keep it real. No hype, no PhD required. Subscribe and hit the bell so you don't miss an episode.
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Google Is Cooking Again. The I/O Leaks Are Wild.
Thanks to HP & Intel for sponsoring us! More on the Zbook Fury https://bit.ly/4uapNHs Google I/O is next week and the AI leaks are pouring out: a new Spark agent, Veo 4 Omni, Gemini 3.2 Flash that's reportedly 20x cheaper than GPT-5.5. This week on AI For Humans, Google is cooking again and the…
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Claude Is Melting Down. AI's Compute Crisis Explained.
The AI compute crisis is here. Anthropic’s Claude is getting dumber and Opus 4.7 & OpenAI’s Spud are about to make it worse. What happen’s next? This week on AI For Humans, we dig into the AI compute crunch that's quietly becoming the industry's biggest problem. The Wall Street Journal just ran a...
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Anthropic's Mythos AI Is Too Dangerous to Release. They're Using It Anyway.
Anthropic revealed Mythos, a new AI model so powerful they won't let the public use it. Instead, they're deploying it to defend against cyberattacks with Project Glasswing. This week on AI For Humans, we dive deep into Anthropic's Mythos, the most powerful AI model they've ever built and one...
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The Claude Code Leak Accidentally Revealed AI's Future. Oops.
Anthropic's Claude Code source just leaked. From always-on autonomous AI agents to AI dreams and a tamagotchi, this leak showed us the AI future. . This week on AI For Humans, we break down the massive Claude Code source code leak and what it tells us about where AI is heading. The leaked repo...
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Anthropic Won't Stop Shipping. Good Luck, Everyone Else.
AI NEWS: Anthropic’s Claude is slowly boiling OpenClaw & OpenAI one feature at a time. They just shipped automode, computer control, phone access, and a ton more. This week, we breakdown all the biggest news on AI agents like how. Claude can now operate your entire computer from your phone via...
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AI Can Improve Itself Now. We're Sure That's Fine.
AI is making itself smarter. Former OpenAI researcher Andrej Karpathy's new Autoresearch opens the door to recursive self-learning. This week on AI For Humans, we break down Andrej Karpathy's new AutoResearch project and what recursive self-improvement actually means for the rest of us. Plus,...
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Google's AI Knows Everything About You (We Said Yes)
Apple just handed Siri over to Google Gemini. Meanwhile, Google's Personal Intelligence wants to crawl ALL your data. This is the AI lock-in war of 2026 and you're the prize. Plus, Claude Cowork dropped (and they built it in two weeks), Grok can no longer put bikinis on people, and the US…
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The AI Robot Uprising Has Begun (And It's Weirder Than You Think)
AI robots are taking over CES 2025 and we're not sure how to feel about it. Boston Dynamics Atlas is doing things with its body that no robot should be able to do. NVIDIA's new autonomous vehicle platform Alpa Mayo is coming for Tesla FSD. And you can now buy a $100 AI-powered drone that will…
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GPT-5.2 Finally Arrived, But The Disney Deal is Bigger
OpenAI GPT-5.2 is here! The new model shows is good, but the bigger news might be the deal Sam Altman made with Disney to bring characters to Sora. We dive into the implications for AI & Hollywood, plus Google’s Deep Research & Android XR, Runway Gen-4.5, Gemini 2.5, & WAY more AI News. HARSH…
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OpenAI's Code Red: Can New AI Models Hold Off Google Gemini?
OpenAI’s Sam Altman has called a ‘Code Red’ at the AI giant as Google Gemini 3 might be overtaking them. But new models ‘Garlic’ and ‘Shallotpeat’ might leapfrog them back in front. Plus, Kling’s new O1 and Video 2.6 AI video models are both good and, well, not so good. And Runway Gen 4.5 seems...
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OpenAI Surprise Drops GPT-5.1 But Google Is Lurking
OpenAI released GPT-5.1 with updates to vision, ChatGPT personalities and, most importantly, vibes while Google’s Nanobanana 2 and Gemini 3 Pro gently start leaking incredible results. Plus, Disney is ok with AI content on Disney+, Grok Imagine gets a big update, a very cool new 3D world…
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AI Job Losses Are Real. Don’t Panic (Yet).
AI taking more human jobs while OpenAI and Sam Altman are thinking about GPT-6 and new science. Meanwhile, the rest of OpenAI is thinking about how they’ll pay for GPT-6. Plus, Google is sending AI chips into space, Gemini will power Apple Intelligence, Kimi K2 Thinking is a great open-source AI...
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OpenAI Unveils 2028 AGI Plan But First... Sora 2 Is Now For Pets?!
Sora 2’s new Character Cameo update AI video while OpenAI settles the non-profit mess. Oh, and Sam Altman says in 2028 AI will make itself. WHAT? Plus, 1x Robotics’s new Neo robot is causing a big AI controversy. For now, it’s all remote operated but WILL be autonomous. Are you ok with people...
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OpenAI’s Curvy Road to AGI Includes Sora 2 and… Erotica??
OpenAI’s ChatGPT will soon allow *adult* AI conversations. What happens next? For now, we get Sora 2 updates and Google ussing AI for actual science, making progress towards cancer cures. Google *also* has Gemini 3 on deck for what seems like a pretty big jump in AI capabilities. Oh and they…
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OpenAI Nerfs Sora 2. Chaos Still Reigns. Is It Over??
OpenAI's AI video generator Sora 2 went into a state of lockdown as Sam Altman pulls back. Hollywood & Influencers are still furious. Are you? We dive into the debate around what it means when everyone can generate everything at the touch of a button & talk about how Mark Cuban & Jake Paul are...
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OpenAI’s Sora 2: Future of Media or AI SLOPOCALYPSE??
Sora 2 is a remarkable piece of AI technology! Sora 2 is filling the world with AI slop! Both of these might be true as Sam Altman & OpenAI take over yet again. We talk about what makes Sora 2 truly state-of-the-art AI video, the new Cameo feature that lets you generate videos of your friends &...
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OpenAI Raises Billions While AI Creates New Drugs. What's Next?
AI science advances are FINALLY happening while OpenAI’s Sam Altman & NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang send billions back and forth. Plus, ChatGPT is causing divorces, new AI video models Kling 2.5 Turbo & Wan 2.5, Suno drops v5 & Gavin drops the fact that he’s not *loving* Kevin’s mustache. Oh & we’re...
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Meta’s $800 AI Glasses Show The Future… Sometimes Breaks
Meta’s new AI Ray-Ban Display & Mark Zuckerberg give us a glimpse of what an augmented-reality future might look like & they’re here VERY soon. Zuck’s new $800 AR glasses will be here in two weeks for $800 but he also showed off Hyperscape, a new gaussian-splat style virtual environment. They…
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AI Is Taking Jobs. It Doesn't Have To Take Yours.
AI is coming for your job? Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff says AI helped cut 4000 roles. Is this the start of a bigger trend? FYI, Optimus 3 isn’t ready to take those jobs yet. Google’s Nano Banana continues to amaze us and we show off some really fun new ways to use it. Google *also* has a new...
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We Tried Google’s Nano Banana AI Model. It’s... Ridiculous.
Google’s Nano Banana is the best AI image editor we’ve ever seen & it bodes well for the future of Gemini going forward. But even better, it’s actually useful in everyday life. In other AI News, OpenAI’s new Realtime API improves its voice AI systems. It’s also taking people back from Meta who is...
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Move Over OpenAI… Google Looks Ready To Take The AI Lead
AI NEWS: Google’s been moving fast & shipping as OpenAI & Sam Altman have been figuring out went wrong with the GPT-5 launch. Do we have a new AI leader? Google’s Made By Google event introduced a new natural language photo editing software (that could be powered by Nano Banana - their secret...
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OpenAI's GPT-5 Struggles To Be AI For Everything & Everybody
SECRET PROJECT IN DISCORD: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Is this the AI slow down? OpenAI’s GPT-5’s first week was kind of rough but Sam Atlman is working on it. GPT-4o is back for those who missed it but AI might not get to the Singularity as fast as people think. GPT-5 *did* crush Pokemon & a…
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OpenAI’s GPT-5 Is Very Good... But AGI Might Be Delayed.
OpenAI’s GPT-5 is the best AI model! For now. Overall, the benchmarks are good-not-great but the vibes are off-the-charts. We dive into the DEEP end. Sam Altman brought the whole team out for a long demo of GPT-5. It’s great at coding! It’s better at writing! It has new AI personalities! It will...
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OpenAI’s GPT-5 Leaks Show Us The Future (Of Next Week??)
OpenAI’s GPT-5 is coming soon and it is…good? Mystery models have been on various platforms that show us the future of OpenAI’s AI & the future of the space. Sam Altman’s company has been ramping up the hype machine entering next week when most expect GPT-5’s release (as well as a new possible...
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OpenAI Teases GPT-5 as America Goes Full 'AI Action' Mode
OpenAI’s Sam Altman dribbles out GPT-5 as the White House’s AI Action plan lays out how all-in America is on the future of AI. Plus, SO MUCH AI NEWS. GPT-5 is (we hope?) around the corner and we’re getting small snippets like the mysterious new model that’s incredible at coding & the AI model…
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Grok 4 is Nearing AGI But... Can Elon Get Out Of The Way?
Grok 4 from xAI just aced “Humanity’s Last Exam” benchmarks while Grok 3 had a catastrophic public meltdown. What does this mean for the future of AI and Elon Musk’s credibility? And, in other AI news, OpenAI’s GPT-5 is rumored to land next week along with a new open-source reasoning model,...
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OpenAI & Google Are Using AI To Take Over. What About Us?
OpenAI, Google & Anthropic are all eating different parts of the business & creative worlds but where does that leave us? For only 25 cents, you can sponsor a human in a world of AGI. In the big AI news this week, OpenAI’s takes on Microsoft Office, Google’s cutting the cost of AI coding with…
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OpenAI Preps To Blow Past AGI Straight to Super Intelligence
OpenAI’s Sam Altman drops o3-Pro & sees AGI rolling into “The Gentle Singularity”, Ilya Sutskever preps for super intelligence & Mark Zuckerberg spends billions on AI talent. WHAT GIVES? All of the major AI companies say true “super intelligence” is on the way, at least according to *them*. What...
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OpenAI’s GPT-5 is Coming and Hot AI Summer is Here
OpenAI is inching towards GPT-5 this July and Sam Altman has been out there talking up a good game. How good will it be? And what will the future be? WE DIVE IN. Between Google & Anthropic, the state-of-the-art AI models are pushing OpenAI hard & ChatGPT for Business updates are just the start of...
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Anthropic's CEO Says AI Will Take 50% of Jobs. Now What?
Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei just warned HALF of white-collar jobs could vanish in the next 1–5 years. Thankfully VEO 3 is here for your entertainment needs. While we’re still here. We break down Dario Amodei’s 50% job-loss prediction and what you can do today to stay indispensable. Then: how...
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Is VEO 3 really the death of human creativity?
Google's VEO 3 AI video model has upended what we think about AI content and people are MAD. But why? What does this say about the future of AI & media? In this video, we dive into the emotional and existential reaction to Google's VEO 3, the latest breakthrough in AI video generation. Is it…
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Google Went AI Crazy and VEO 3 Is Just the Start
VEO 3, Gemini Diffusion & so much more… Google went HAM on the AI space at Google I/O. Plus, Sam Altman spends 6.5B on AI wearables & Jony Ive. After last year’s semi-lackluster I/O event, this year Google rolled out Sergei Brin & Demis Hassabis and a whole lot of new product. We go deep on all…
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Google's New AI Agent Improves Itself. But Can It Stop AI Babies?
Are we on AGI watch? Google’s new AlphaEvolve agent model can improve AI algorithms on its own as OpenAI's Sam Altman lays out the next 3 years of AI progress. And good lord, the AI babies. We also dig into OpenAI HealthBench out-diagnosing real doctors, Anthropic’s rumored reasoning-hybrid Opus…
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OpenAI Just Went Global & Billionaires Are Building Bunkers
OpenAI's pitching “OpenAI for Countries,” offering democracies AI infrastructure while some of the world’s richest stockpile bunkers and provisions. We’ll dig into billionaire Paul Tudor Jones’s revelations about AI as an imminent security threat, and why top insiders are buying land and…
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Meta Just Launched an AI Social Network. It’s Real Weird.
Meta just launched an AI-powered social network and it’s way weirder than we expected. From voice assistants with emotional baggage to remixable AI selfies, we test Meta’s new AI app and talk about what it really means for the future of AI interfaces. VISIT OUR SPONSOR https://molku.ai/ We also...
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Google Says We’re Not Ready for AGI. They’re Probably Right.
Google says we’re not ready for AGI and honestly, they might be right. DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis warns we could be just 5 years away from artificial general intelligence, and society isn’t prepared. Um, yikes? VISIT OUR SPONSOR https://molku.ai/ In this episode, we break down Google’s new “Era of...
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OpenAI’s o3 Is Here. It’s Smarter Than You. And It Has Eyes.
OpenAI’s o3 and o4-mini are here—and they’re multimodal, cheaper, and scary good. These models can see, code, plan, and use tools all on their own. We break down everything from tool use to image reasoning to why o3 might be the start of something actually autonomous. Plus, our favorite cursed…
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Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro (with Deep Research) Might Be the New AI King
Google’s AI efforts & Gemini Pro 2.5 take a major step forward with updates to Deep Research, new Agent2Agent protocol (A2A) & more. Sadly, OpenAI teases o3 and o4 but delays GPT-5. Plus, Meta’s new Llama 4 models are out but have issues, Midjourney v7’s debut, John Carmack’s smackdown of an AI...
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OpenAI’s 4o Image Gen Melted Servers, Got Nerfed… and Raised $40 Billion
OpenAI’s servers melted down as it opened up ChatGPT 4o Image Generation to everyone… and then nerfed it hard. Thankfully, their new raise of $40 BILLION DOLLARS will help. We dive deeper into all the cool ways people are using it (and aren’t able to use it any more) along with news about OpenAI...
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OpenAI's 4o Image Gen is Ghibli-fying the Entire Internet
OpenAI’s 4o Image Generation is the best AI image model to date and AI Studio Ghibli images are everywhere. Plus, Gemini 2.5 is no slouch and a ton of new robots! Plus, OpenAI’s new OpenAI.fm let’s you prompt AI voices in new ways, DeepSeek’s new model is actually better (at times) then GPT 4.5…
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NVIDIA Dominates The Race To AGI at GTC 2025
AGI will run on NVIDIA chips and it was never more clear than at this week’s GTC where new AI chips and robots were announced. Plus, Google’s good new AI tools & the best AI Video to date. Plus, dangerous new robots terrify us, insane new AI camera tools, DeepSeek is VERY important to the Chinese...
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OpenAI's Agents, Manus AI & The Coding Apocalypse
AGI is coming & Anthropic’s Dario Amoedi says AI will soon write all code but... what happens then? New AI Agent Manus & OpenAI’s Agentic Responses API give us a sneak peak at the future. Plus, Hedra’s Character-3 is VERY good at lip-sync, OpenAI's got a new Creative Writing AI model that's…
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OpenAI’s New AI Agents Will Cost $20000?!
OpenAI’s PhD-level AI agents might cost 20000 dollars, GPT-4.5 is here and it’s all about vibes, Sesame’s real-time AI voice model is insane & SO MANY AI ROBOTS. Plus, why exactly is Apple delaying AI Siri until 2027, an explainer of Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol & why the AI world is…
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AI Takes Over Everything: Alexa+, GPT 4.5 Incoming & More Insane AI News
Alexa+ is Amazon's huge AI-powered upgrade, Claude Sonnet 3.7 is amazing at code, OpenAI GPT-4.5 rumors & good lord who let Grok 3 Voice out?! We go *very* deep on Claude Sonnet 3.7 as we show all of the very cool stuff that people have made with it so far (including an amazing Pokemon…
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xAI's Grok 3, Frightening AI Robots & Microsoft's MUSE AI World Simulator | AI For Humans
xAI’s Grok 3 is good. What does that mean for the future of AI? Plus, OpenAI’s spicy update, Convergence’s Free-to-use Proxy AI Agent & Microsoft’s new MUSE AI game engine. Plus, Unitree’s dancing robots vs creeply Clone Robotics, an AI model from Meta that can read your mind, Palmer Lucky dives...
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Who Will Control The Future of AI?
AI NEWS: OpenAI fights off Elon Musk while Sam drops info about GPT-5 (it’s coming and it’s free), the leaders of the world discuss AI safety & Apple’s busy making robot lamps… Plus, OpenAI says their next AI model will be one of the world’s best programmers, Zonos is a brand new, open source…
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Sam Altman Confirms GPT-5 & It Will Be FREE For Everyone
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed today that not only is a GPT-5 on the way but that it will include the reasoning model and will be FREE to use. Sam confirmed that not only are we getting a GPT-4.5 model (previously known as Orion) but going forward all OpenAI models after this will be fully...
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OpenAI's Deep Research Inches Humanity Closer To AGI
OpenAI’s new Deep Research runs on o3 pushes back against DeepSeek. Is this AGI? Meanwhile, OmniHuman-1 is near perfect AI lip-sync and NVIDIA’s robots are coming for us all! Plus, Replit’s new iPhone app brings no code AI coding to the masses, ChatGPT does the same thing with o3-mini, Kai…
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How Deepseek’s R1 Changed The Race To AGI
Deepseek’s R1 shook OpenAI & Sam Altman is moving faster. We explain what’s up, what's next (AGI anyone?) and how China is a MAJOR AI player. It’s not only Deepseek: China’s Qwen2.5 Max model is brand new, Chinese AI video tools like Kling & Minimax keep shipping updates. AND they’ve got tentacle...
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AI Speeds Up Again: OpenAI's Stargate, Deepseek R1 & More AI News
AI is speeding up… Is Project Stargate the $500 billion dollar path to AGI? Plus, details on Deepseek’s R1 open-source reasoning & more AI news! Anthropic’s Dario Amodei discusses the next few years of AI, OpenAI’s Operator is likely coming this week, Google’s new Gemini model (Gemini 2.0 Flash...
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AI (Artificial Intelligence) made fun. Weekly AI news, tools & demos with Kevin Pereira & Gavin Purcell. Fast Company called AI For Humans "the most entertaining way to learn about artificial intelligence." Every Friday, we break down the biggest stories in AI...new models, AI video, image generation, chatbots, agents, AI music, and more. We help you stay ahead without losing your mind. Whether you're AI-curious or deep in the game, we test the tools, explain the breakthroughs, and keep it real. No hype, no PhD required. Subscribe and hit the bell so you don't miss an episode.
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